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McKinsey had their “ 7S framework &# and BCG had the “ BCG Matrix &# with cash cows, dogs, stars and question marks. I mean Porter’s Five forces is a useful framework but it’s basically microeconomics with a pretty wrapper. I come from a world that if the coach wasn’t yelling at you, it meant he didn’t care.
In billing we literally started thinking about all of the types of bills that would be generated for customers: full payment, partial payment, split payment, senior discount, student discount, level pay plan, etc. He coached me that I had to start with the answers. I started by doing billing systems. How can I START with the answers?
The hard part is providing the leadership required to align and motivate all the constituents and players – from engineers, to investors, vendors, and ultimately customers. Existing business frameworks are the recipes, and great entrepreneurs creatively use new tools and strategies to hone these frameworks, just like a master chef.
The hard part is providing the leadership required to align and motivate all the constituents and players – from engineers, to investors, vendors, and ultimately customers. Existing business frameworks are the recipes, and great entrepreneurs creatively use new tools and strategies to hone these frameworks, just like a master chef.
The hard part is providing the leadership required to align and motivate all the constituents and players – from engineers, to investors, vendors, and ultimately customers. Existing business frameworks are the recipes, and great entrepreneurs creatively use new tools and strategies to hone these frameworks, just like a master chef.
The hard part is providing the leadership required to align and motivate all the constituents and players – from engineers, to investors, vendors, and ultimately customers. Existing business frameworks are the recipes, and great entrepreneurs creatively use new tools and strategies to hone these frameworks, just like a master chef.
A design mindset is not product-focused - it’s solution focused and action oriented towards creating better customer experiences and value. By understanding experiences, you will better understand the needs of people around you, including your customers and partners. Focus on creating a benefit for the customer.
So operating at a higher level, helping to set the framework for decision making and then sitting down and watching the game be played, is certainly the way to go.” In practice it can be a fine line between sparring partner / coach and stepping over the line to brute-force persuasion. ” Of course I agree with this.
A design mindset is not product-focused - it’s solution focused and action oriented towards creating better customer experiences and value. By understanding experiences, you will better understand the needs of people around you, including your customers and partners. Focus on creating a benefit for the customer.
I was impressed by a recent book, “ The Leadership Star ,” by Brian Hartzer, an experienced business executive, offering a concise leadership framework that I believe embodies the key attributes that I recommend. You must take the initiative to talk to customers, suppliers, other employees, and understand the process.
The hard part is providing the leadership required to align and motivate all the constituents and players – from engineers, to investors, vendors, and ultimately customers. Existing business frameworks are the recipes, and great entrepreneurs creatively use new tools and strategies to hone these frameworks, just like a master chef.
A design mindset is not product-focused - it’s solution focused and action oriented towards creating better customer experiences and value. By understanding experiences, you will better understand the needs of people around you, including your customers and partners. Focus on creating a benefit for the customer.
It also means setting up a personalized coaching and mentoring system, and accelerated rotations for top talent. Use your high-level principles to establish behavioral frameworks to guide ways of working, rather than a scorecard enforced by culture vigilantes. Build a culture guided by principles, not rules.
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